step up in it really see if they're complaining about the united states and trump why don't they just go it alone that it's not as if they don't have the resources to do it go ahead. but i think going alone is probably an viable for any major power or block today that interdependence which is built up is very very dense the networks which are financial economic political security intelligence as well as people to people ideas in every respect you look at the interdependencies of of major global pillars they are very very great they're not going anywhere you can try to shake them up you can rearrange them a little bit you can renegotiate relations and i think that's what it is trying to do and some other powers are trying to do as well but i don't think you're going to get rid of the i don't think europe wants to or can go alone britain is finding itself look at the position we're in now because briggs a deal look how difficult it is to try to do anything meaningful with that because in the end you cannot just divorce yourself from a global economy and so on what you can do is try to c

, 80% of our exports are going to the united states. people say that you don't make many mistakes you make one mistake and then you have to deal with the consequences. one historic error was to receive donald trump in -- who was insulting, who was attacking the mexican people. it didn't even take -- bother to read this book. says you have to provoke the opponent and if he is weak, we smash him. and if he is strong, we negotiate. so when my opponent is weak, we crush him. so, if you want to be respected, you have to respect yourself first. a president needs to behave with dignity, and i will defend the national interests. >> candidate -- i'd like to know what are the specific actions to redirect mexican exports in order to reduce the economic impacts resulting from our overreliance on the nafta agreement? thank you. >> we have opportunities throughout the world and we're going to take advantage of them before we talk about trade and investment. we need to talk but mutual respect, president trump four days ago, on again, insulted us, and

as i have already mentioned, japan and the united states are always together but japan and the united states will be in full alignment for the historic us north korean summit meeting in singapore. >> thank you very much maximum pressure is absolutely ineffective. we don't use the term anymore because we're going into a friendly negotiation perhaps after negotiation, i will be using it again . you know how well we will do with the negotiation. you heard me say we are going to use maximum pressure. we knowthe negotiation did not do well . there's no reason to say. we in the meantime agreed on sanctions. have a list of over 300 massive in some cases sanctions to put on north korea and i've decided to hold that until we can make a deal because i really believe there is the potential to make a deal and i don't think it's nice knowing in under those circumstances but yes, the campaign hasn't changed. china has continued to hold the border. we would like them to do more in that sense but it's been really good and the president has been very good but maximum sanction is there. we are leaving

the countermeasures will only apply to the originating from the united states. they will take effect july 1 and will remain in place until the united states eliminates its trade restrictive measures against canada. where possible we have thought the products on the list that can be easily sourced from either canadian or non-us suppliers. i like to take the opportunity to thank the canadians who have been actively engaged in the consultations. i'm grateful for your input that have helped us build the best possible retaliatory lists. as we take these steps we are asking and acting in close collaboration with our like-minded partners. i was in fact in brussels on tuesday to discuss this issue. it's important to point out that there are also subject to the 232 terra from post on june 1. their allies and neighbors of the united states. canada's approach is and will be this. we will not escalate and not act on. judging by the feedback, countless canadians in many diverse political points of view agree with this approach. i can't emphasize enough the regret with which

and among this week's other stories the united states pulls out of the u.n. human rights council accusing it of extreme anti israel bias and being assessed political crissy for the move strong language from global leaders and rights groups .

and of course, it's not. >> why did you choose the united states to study? i mean, it's not the obvious place one would go to discover extreme poverty, and even you talk about absolute poverty, which is even worse than extreme poverty, and you've noted that nearly 5.5 million americans live in absolute poverty. >> well, first of all, in my role as a u.n. special rapporteur, i go to a range of different countries. i've recently been to saudi arabia, i've been to china and the next mission i undertake will be to the united kingdom. so this is not just singling out the united states. it's in furtherance of the agreed u.n. policy that all countries will be accountable in terms of the impact of their policies on human rights. but leaving that aside, the united states is a world leader on a lot of policy issues, and i think the sort of approach that the u.n. -- that the u.s., rather, is now promoting, which is to -- try to reduce to the greatest extent possible the welfare budget, the sort of social protection that is provided, while at the same time increasing th

negotiation of those relationships and i don't think it's only the united states which is acting much more towards is particular national interest european powers among themselves have always a tension between the european element and their national interest so i think this is just being exacerbated at this particular time and clearly don't trump played a particular game but i think in the end the levels of interdependence between the european union europe and the united states remain very very high and i think there is a bit of upset here but i don't think there's a fundamental breach well we'll see how the tensions which are a little prone. to go to michael in washington i mean interdependency i think there's a lot more dependency than interdependency and that's what we're seeing right now and i guess fundamentally can we have a transatlantic alliance coalition as it were carry co-exist with america first and donald trump michel. well it's been it's beginning to erode what we're seeing is an erosion and perhaps a replacement of the u.s. led unilateral world order and i think that th

member countries in all countries that receive assistance from the united states. he second achievement was congress passed legislation regarding bureaucratic organization of the state department that eventually led to the employment of the secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs in the establishment of the -year-old of the same name in 1977. you can do why did philip habib james beckett and joseph eldridge or others take action in support of human rights? parley frankfurt has ridden quote there are occasions when a person realizes that what he cares about matters to him not nearly so much when such a way that it's impossible for him to bear on a certain course of action. i think they transnational connections made it possible for each of these activists to bear on a certain course of action. they serve as political entrepreneurs and galvanized other americans to work alongside them pressing for greater attention to human rights and u.s. foreign policy. these activist efforts became part of a broader transnational social movement devoted to huma

government -- the united states government when it was instituted. 's to protect this entire country and many states that belong to it. i would like to know how obama took billions of dollars out of medicare and gave part of it to the california unions and wasted a lot of our medicare and our social security money and got away with it and used it as seed money for obamacare. same thing the federal government gave seed money to massachusetts to start their socialized medicine. you guys just want to put socialized medicine in without the effects of how it affects us a seniors. host: i have to leave it there. congressman? guest: thank you, rose, for your question. it is factually not correct that obama did that. keep in mind that he was operating and dealing with a republican-controlled congress for the last six years of office. in terms of what you say socialized medicine, under the act, we are talking about private insurers. we are talking about making sure people who can't afford health care get access to health care. it is private insurers who are

are you in full agreement, complete agreement with the united states? president trump has stated that we are implementing sanctions and those sanctions are very strong sanctions. he also stated that until north korea takes the action, the sanctions will not be lifted, and japan is in full agreement, and japan's position is perfectly in alignment with the united states. and in our summit meeting this time, we had in depth discussion with president trump how which should respond to north korea. and ask for the future policy on north korea, inclusive of the u.s.-north korean summit meeting. we have detailed coordination. aligning our positions as i have already mentioned, japan and united states are always together. japan and united states will be in full alignment to seek success for the historic u.s.-another cree summit meeting in singapore. >> yes. thank you very much. maximum pressure is absolutely in effect. we don't use the term anymore because we're going into a friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation i will be using it again. you will k

there for the united states to impose sanctions against russia. it's pretty much. economically light decision for them it doesn't really have an impact on their economy it has a big impact upon the european economy as a whole when you have countries like germany that have reliant on german on russian imports of gas and do a lot of business with russia who are very concerned about the sanctions and indeed in the new government in italy which is frankly saying that they think the sanctions against russia should be dropped so again you know the world is changing the days when the united states would just turn around and say you know we're going to impose sanctions on everyone else needs to fall or those days are coming to a close even had a french minister saying you know that the europeans are not facile states the united states there is a different mood and particularly with the trumpet ministration it's becoming more and more difficult for western powers to follow the united states blindly or you'd have the united states pulling out of the paris c

from the british and irish ambassadors to the united states, and then kathleen burke from the college of london. the white house historical association hosted this hour-long event. >> thank you for joining us this morning. delighted to welcome you to the united kingdom and ireland in the white house. the white house historical association, as many of you know, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established to enhance the understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of the executive mansion. by firstunded in 1961 lady jacqueline kennedy and since then has pursued an educational mission reflected in public programs, exhibitions, publishing and research. introducing a wide audience to the rich history of the white house requires looking well beyond our nations capital, and well beyond the borders of united states if self. that's why we have cultivated partnerships to make white house history more accessible to many around the world. in 2016, we held at the first of our internationally themed symposiums, which explored italy's ties to the executive mansion. in 2017, our event focused o

is, how to apply pressure, and the tone of the language -- are you in full agreement with the united states? president trump has stated we are implementing sanctions, and those sanctions are very strong. he also stated that until north korea takes the action, the sanctions will not be lifted. and japan is in full agreement. position ispan's fully in alignment with the united states. we had an in-depth discussion with president trump as to how we should respond to north korea. policiesr the future on north korea, inclusive of the u.s.-north korea summit meeting, we have detailed ordination aligning our positions. as i have already mentioned, japan and the united states have always been together. japan and the united states will be in full alignment. historic u.s.-korea summit meeting in singapore. pres. trump: thank you very much. maximum pressure is still in effect. we don't use the term anymore because we are going into a friendly negotiation. perhaps after the negotiation, i will be using it again. you will know how well we did. "we are going say to use maximum pressure," you'll know the

negotiation to be had about his future to relations with united states. as they say of diplomacy you're someone blinked but. the rest was history. the crisis was resolved at least for the time being. interline nine hundred ninety four kim il sung. the man who had served as north korea's great leader for more than four decades now became the eternal president's . case you're going to you know. he was succeeded by his son kim jong il. meanwhile north korea and washington continued formal talks in geneva a new cases the u.s. delegation was led by senior diplomat robert can. agree to freeze the operation of its current nuclear reactors in exchange for new light water reactors that would be provided by a consortium of states including the us. the new reactors could be used to produce energy but not weapons grade plutonium. to go shooting objective and nine hundred ninety four was to stop a put tony of production nuclear weapons program in north korea when we concluded the deal we did exactly that they had three reactors one operating two under construction to

so they are lesser nations, which are unfortunately lodged in the united states. so this is going to be a conflict that you are going to have to resolve. you have to somehow make indians go away, because their presence in the current state is not tenable. indians have to leave the land altogether, because they cannot coexist with whites. and could not live in the republic. ,t may seem simply about race and it is to a certain extent, but think back to the jeffersonian vision of the legal order. if you have a country based on thatotion of plot of land is private property, it is harder to have a vision of indian nations within the united states. so it is the logic of the legal order being set up the also makes indian presence within the united states problematic in legal terms. not just a matter of race, but the kind of property regime at the root of the united states legal order. ofnot only the ideas republicanism and self-rule not extended to the indians, but indians are dangerous to the project of the united states. they are a different organization rooted within t

so, can the united states actually prevail no.the united states gets away with what they're doing now in geneva, for the first time ever, article 21 is the subject of a challenge. for all of the existence from 95 onward, no one wanted challenge under article 21. nobody wanted to raise this concern. it was the third rail of che drama and the concern was that you did not want channels deciding what is there not security. this is come up clearly now on it's in disputes between russia and the ukraine as a result between the russia and ukraine, russia did things equally as unequivocally as what the united states did. they banned transit of goods between ukraine and kazakhstan and going further east by ukrainian goods. among the most of the wto as if you are landlocked country cannot be precluded from transiting somewhere else otherwise every landlocked country would have no right. so it is that you cannot bar transit through your territory. mexico is barring trying to go east, it must go over land and piece of russia. a clear violation

they are lesser nations, which are unfortunately lodged in the united states. this is going to be a conflict you're going to have to resolve. you have to somehow make indi ans go away, because their presence in the current state is not tenable. altogether because they cannot coexist with whites. ais is about race to certain extent, but think about this jeffersonian vision of the legal order. if you have this notion of a country formed on plots of land that are private property, it is harder to envision indian nations within the united states. it also makes indian presents within the united states -- precense within the united states problematic within the legal order. not on the ideas of republicanism and self-rule not extend to indians, but indians are dangers to the project of the united states. a different organization rooted within the united states is problematic, and that has to be dealt with. indian nations are under the protection of the federal government. we are moving them more into the protection of the federal government rather than on equal terms.

this is about the united states and the posture the united states has chosen to assume against the rest of the world, particularly against its closest friends and allies in these are measures applied -- allies. these are measures apply not only to canada, but toward the eu and mexico. we believe it is a highly regrettable one. we said that directly to our american counterparts. >> we've got two minutes left. there are six people on the list. we have time for one more question. french]king this will affect the schedule you had chosen for the g7. >> we always expected there to be some differences of opinion amongst various g-7 members, especially when it comes to climate change and international trade. >> we have many elements upon which we agree. we knew we would be having some frank and honest discussions on those topics and others. we will certainly see that the incontinues to be useful allowing frank and honest discussions and rigorous discussions. >> is it possible that your government will offer financial help to the aluminum and steel industries if this trade dispute continues over

car manufacturers like dame la benz that builds in the united states, but building in the united statesre for steel which are imported. the same cars will be hit by tariffs when they are sent to china because china is now tariffing u.s. exports. and cars sent from europe to the united states will be tariffed. so companies like harley paying more for steel, like daimler which is tariffed, like pork producers. once you start down this road, wolf, of tariffing, tit for tat gets in the way, the big companies get it every which way and backwards. >> skpirt goiand it's going to n tax for consumers a krols tcros board because so much will cost more because of tariffs. let's look at the dow now. it's down 355 points. we'll continue to watch the dow jones. richard, thank you very, very much. richard quest over at the new york stock exchange. >>> more news. we're getting new video from the trump administration showing inside these infamous detention centers housing graphs. >>> the prosecution canceled an interview with stormy daniels. what's behind that? we'll find out when we come back. on the o

so for the united states to impose sanctions against russia it's pretty much. economically light decision for them it doesn't really have an impact on their economy it has a big impact upon the european economy as a whole when you have countries like germany the reliant on on german on russian imports of gas under a lot of business with russia who are very concerned about the sanctions and indeed in the new government in italy refuse frankly saying that they think the sanctions against russia should be dropped so again you know the world is changing the days when the united. states just turn around and say you know we're going to impose sanctions on everyone else needs to fall or those days are coming to a close even had a french minister saying you know that the europeans an awful states the united states there is a different mood and particularly with the trumpet ministration it's becoming more and more difficult for western powers to follow the united states blindly or you'd have the united states pulling out of the paris climate accord you've had them impos

of direct engagement backed by pressure is the only solution to the north korean threat to the united states and oure allies and the broader region. stomach just a few hours ago president trump secretary linda secretary of state mr. bolton and the rest of the delegation concluded their summit meeting with north korean officials. this was a historic first staff in the important negotiation and in the words of the joint statement agreed to by the united states and north korea, both sides have committed to pursuing robust peace regime with complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the next step will test if we can get to ath verifiable deal which enhances the security of northeast asia and of our allies in the united states. resolving the 65-year-old international challenge will take a great deal of hard work as president trump explained a few hoursxp ago that today is the beginning of the arduous process and our eyes are wide open. i remain supportive of the administration position as secretary pompeo has reiterated the goal of the united states is the complete verifiable and irrevers

surely the united states government is capable of that. in the united states of america, we must work to secure our border in a manner that reflects our values. and i'm committed to working with anyone on comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform. mr. president, separating children from their families was an abhorrent policy to pursue. and it will forever mark a dark and shameful period in our country's history. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. a senator: i want to thank senator merkley for bringing us all together, what i would address, senator hassan, one of the dark marks in the history of our country. rise today to call attention to what has clearly been a human rights abuse committed by the united states government. ms. harris: and that is this outrageous and inhumane separation of children from their parents at the border. this morning thousands of children woke up without their parents not knowing where they were, not knowing wh

it is a moment that is kind of sad for us in the united states to watch after 70 yea rs of the unitedworld trading system stable. if it is possible to put this briefly in a nutshell, what we mean by a trade war? well, we mean increased tariffs, certainly by the united states, on critical product. retaliation from other countries, and certainly from europe and canada, they have already announced this. products against which they themselves will raise tariffs to be from china which is also being threatened. altogether, these countries can make a very large impact on us exports and on the production system within the united states did it on prices, an employment levels... if we go through with this it is very scary. i would like to emphasise again that we are not there yet and we have seen we are not there yet and we have seen this movie several times over the last few months. we may back off. i hope so. the dwarf planet pluto has long been a mystery to scientists. but now experts say they've found important new evidence about the planet's surface — which in places resembles sand dunes f

so we've been he a year and a half -- we've been here a year and a half and because senators, united states senators that are elected by the people in their state don't want to cast a tough vote, they block everybody from voting. i have no idea why rand paul cannot get a vote on his amendment. it is ridiculous. he's been trying to get a vote on it for years. years. and we block it. why is that? i want to say for the record, i've held amendments this morning until we could work out the solution. i am not holding any amendments. none. zero. i'm holding no one'smendment. but we as senators, we're worried somehow that this gosh, almighty. i heard the senator from texas, the senior senator from texas saying the other day, well, gosh, we might upset the president. we might upset the president of the united states before the midterms. so, gosh, we can't vote on the corker amendment because we're taking, rightly so, the responsibilities that we have to deal with tariffs and revenues. we can't do that because we'd be upsetting the president, the president of the united states. i can't believe it. i

on its perceived national security grounds but it fails to rule against united states that that opens the door for other countries to follow suit and to act protectionist in protectionist ways even for bogus reasons if on the other hand it does rule against that the u.s. then trump may follow through with his threat to pull out of the b.t.o. in which case he really has blown a hole in the multilateral trading system and it would be hard to see. well it would it would it would be a very different system without the united states joe you said that many republicans have expressed concerns about the measures taken by trump and that we've seen also unions expressing concern where does this new move leave u.s. consumers and u.s. companies. well of course there's still the a lot of the companies and consumers that have the same worry that the members have they don't know exactly what the impact will be and they're fearing that it'll have a negative impact obviously but president trump is counting on the fact that he's been very independent minded and counterintuitive in the past and wh

will provide the sick security guard to it's not just about the united states ok but being absolutely right on the state let me just let me jump in here we're going to go we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on the singapore summit stay with us. with all make this manufactured consensus public well. when the real plus is protect themselves. with the fight merry go round the sun be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. and is getting international recognition with the help of the. israel at least in the world of zoos and member of the commission like you know. this isn't my cup of tea is going on the sunday oh maybe you know john i just hope. the only palestinians is who gets the most help from his jerusalem counterparts i don't think there's some of those who are on the vision not only because it is a. i know it's his office that it's got to this lady in the muscle that you had i'm going to continue muslims you know do more of the most awesome companies off. welcome back to crossfire where all things considered i'm

better futureg a for the united states and for latinos in the united states is making sure to things. that we make sure our struggle is represented and that we are connected to every one else's struggle. so when i see black lives matter, i don't see it as someone else's problem. i see it as my own. and when we do not see it, we are all weaker because of it. up at then't show airports when muslims are being turned away, we are all weaker because of it. we need to be sure to be there to support the me too movement and support student supporting -- protesting gun violence no matter what city they are from or what part of the city they are from. open the doore for us and it takes many people to open the door and keep it open for the lgbt community, for the disabled, for veterans, to literally hold that opens our transgender brothers and sisters can have a place to go to the bathroom. we need to be there and we need to make sure, when we are there, we are there powerfully as be, to makes we can sure our votes are counted in our community in voting. every four years, we set a new record for

what the united states has gained is vague and unverifiable at best. what north korea has gained, however, is tangible and lasting. by granting a meeting with chairman kim, president trump has granted a brutal and repressive dictatorship, the international legitimacy it has long craved. the symbols that were broadcast all over the world last night have losting consequences for the united states -- lasting consequences for the united states, north korea, and for the entire region. for the united states, it's permanent proof that we have legitimatized a brutal dictator who has starved his own people. for north koreans to have their flags atried, those of the united states, it's a clear symbol they're to be respected and that they belong among the community of nations and that their sins at home and abroad are beginning to be forgiven. if the united states is unable to win concrete, lasting concessions from north korea, the meeting alone will be a victory for kim jong-un and a defeat for president trump. even more troubling, only an hour ago president tru

the president of the united states arrives at capitol airport near peking, the people's republic of chinais is the first of a series of state visits that will take the american president across the continents of europe and asia. ♪ >> president richard nixon is greeted by the premier. during the next eight days, the two nations will begin the process of slowly bridging diplomatic barriers. ♪ >> that was a big deal. that handshake was a big deal, to see richard nixon, who had been a hard line anti-communist during his whole career, who had railed against democrats for having lost china to communism in 1949, to undertake this trip, make that handshake, combined with the salt one agreements. and he did all this while he also conducted a ruthless secret bombing campaign against the north vietnamese to try to bring the vietnam war to an end. many credited nixon's foreign policy achievements with his landslide victory against george mcgovern in 1972. conservatives disagreed with what nixon was doing between 1969 and 1972. they saw it as a mistake. one of the earliest critics of detente came from

welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria, coming to you today from london. today on the show, the discordant end to the g gui7 su. why do america's historic enemies seem to be getting better treatment than its lan longstanding allies? i will talk to president obama's national security adviser, susan rice, about this role reversal. what do the allies on this side of the pond think of the g7 dust-up and the trump's tariffs. i will speak with britain's former foreign minister. i will tell you about the biggest corruption scandal maybe in the history of the world. it's called operation car wash. you will not believe the scale and the people who have been brought down. finally, a lighter note.the grk in the digital age and the era of me too. here is my take. america will remain the world's dominant power in the 21st century only if it is the dominant pacific power. lee, the founder of modern singapore and one of the smartest minds i have ever met, spoke about this issue late in life as he worried about the brkd

sanctions and any agreement between united states andne north korea must be permanent. president trump and his team must take stock of what has happened what north korea has achieved and what we have yet to achieve with the sake of these national security but the safety of the american people the united states can no longer can settle for no less with permanent duty on --dash denuclearization. i yield the floor. >> i rise to speak a be engaged in discussions we have a trade act from 1974 and 1962 to layout provisions how we would go about dealing with tariffs. section 232 with the president of the united states can declare something a national security, issue and when he does that it keeps them from having to go through the normal process one goes through to deal with tariffs. physically when the president chooses a section of that bill, he has to go through a preswhen he decides what he wants to place on anoer country he has to go to another entity to show that somehow united states has been harmed. the reason he puts in place tariffs. wi o psident has chosen to do is

this is the first meeting between a united states president and a sitting. president now these two countries have officially technically been at war since the end of the korean war which the south koreans believe was a war of aggression by the united states. nuclear disarmament is on the table that's what the united states wants they want a pleat and full disarmament of the d.p. r. k. and what the d.p. r. k. wants while they're looking for an easing of sanctions from the united states and presumably a more open society. you can see there the two presidents shaking hands in front of a row of united states and north korean flags in singapore singapore has gone all out to make sure that this summit has gone without a hitch and really really relatively with short notice the two men they're seen walking down the court or just before going into one on one meetings. as you can probably imagine there's been a big press frenzy around this meeting historic meeting donald trump and kim jong il let's now cross live to our team for details. in the historic event could yo

once president of the united states, always president of the united states. that is the first time this had been articulated. the person who was president of the united states maintains that status. him,great britain received the rest of the world treated him as such, looking to queen victoria. >> what do we know about that meeting? >> they had a dinner. grant and his wife were there. the youngest son, jesse, was with them as well. he was not an -- invited to the dinner. he was supposed to have dinner with the household. according to some sources, mrs. grant was upset by this. she thinks the household means the staff. what it actually means is some of the lower board. she presses some individuals and eventually, queen victoria invites jesse to the dinner to an -- avoid any kind of snafu. has dinner with her. queen victoria writes in her diary that he was agreeable. agreeable in that american way. she seemed to enjoy dinner with him. she did not have a high opinion of his wife because of the way she doted on their son. queen victoria was not one for doting on

and north korea united states and its allies south korea and japan and north korea so i don't think that the military option is really an option is never been a real option the fact is that after a couple of months of verify amatory rhetoric and threat of use of force donald trump backed down from this position if we take a look at the speech of the u.n. national general assembly september and then the speech of the trump gave the south korean national assembly in the van der it's a very different speech nor for us of use of force focus on the development of north korea the abuses the abuse of human rights of course but there were no threat of use of force so i think that he really backed down from his options like months ago now speaking about inflammatory rhetoric i think this is a very peculiar thing about donald trump he can be very aggressive when he's on social media but i think he's also. malleable to personal touch and a number of american partners like israel for example have already exploited this trade in his personality do you think do you think i can john only wil

and the united states really so let's take a look at some of those figures the united states sold goods worth around two hundred fifty six billion euros to e.u. countries last year and the other way round e.u. countries exported a lot more which is around three hundred and seventy six billion euros to the united states and that means that the e.u. economy gained around one hundred twenty billion euros from trade with the u.s. a large trade surplus while the u.s. economy on the other hand locked in this some as a trade deficit and donald trump wants to tip the balance in his favor with the tariffs he has imposed yesterday or this morning brussels meanwhile has already announced retaliation with tariffs of its own all together goods with a trade volume of six billion dollars are affected by punitive tariffs so all signs are pointing towards a full blown trade war or are they can anything be done about it let's get some insight now from got fed up about my he's the director of the center for international economics and he joins us in munich good to have you with us just briefly let's look

know makes it unacceptable to this president -- but an agreement reached by china, russia, the united states, germany, france, united kingdom, and the european union. to do a what? to stop the iranians from developing nuclear weapons. president trump stepped away from that agreement. the world is not safer because of that decision. to throw salt on the wound, the president is now in a trade war with some of these very same nato allies and he has threatened to levy sanctions against these same nato allies if they do any business with iran. defying all logic and american security interests, despite all the things i have just said, the president looks the other way when this comes to russia. despite russia's interference in our election, a conclusion reached bid every intelligence agency in the united states, despite repeated violations of international treaties and agreements, despite cyber attacks against the united states and europe, especially the baltics, despite the occupation of sovereign territory in ukraine, georgia and moldova, president trump has been virtually silent on russia's agg

the united states also has a sizable military presence in japan and south korea. the secretary of state wouldn't say if that were on the table but we are hearing from the secretary of defense, james mattis, saying he believes that u.s. troop levels in south korea are not part of these discussions. by this was all leading up to this summit, ed. now you have the two leaders in a room, they spent 40 tes with just each other and their translators, and now with a larger group. who knows what is going to come out of this in the end as it is still ongoing. this is video that you want i will be looking outcome of the american people will be looking at, for decades. ed? >> ed: stick with me because you cover secretary of state mike pompeo. we obviously had two one on ones with kim jong un to lay the groundwork, started off as a secret mission, as i recall, over easter weekend, taking the world by surprise. talk about that a little better. i'm just learning that we think our cameras are going to be loaded for the next couple of minutes for a possible spray of the signing of

what happened because that was devastating, but, it was a good war in the economic sense for the united statesas you will learn over history, war is good for the economic state of the united states. i want to talk how the lessons of military food actually applied to what you eat. we had readings in one book, how many of you remember the book i'm talking about? well, that book, called the ," isat ready kitchen interesting because she as a journalist and researcher traced back the role that the u.s. military had as a source for innovation and food that you eat. so everything from chee tos'to three does that you os that you enjoy every day, to some of that canned cheese dip you can get in eagles nest -- by the time we got into the war there was one million serving. before that, 300,000 permit the research on food became a serious part of military development. now, food is located -- when you talk about where does it lie in the military, how many of you have heard of a quartermaster? you can correct me if i am wrong, commander, but the is themaster's office office taking care of the provisions of

1,000 employees and owns and manages hotel across the geographical diverse environment in the united states. mr. sondland has been heavily involved in a number of philanthropy activities. he's co-founder of the gordon second lad foundation which helps families. he's served on a local aboard ad state board. oregon health and science university foundation. and the george w. bush center. his family history and his contextural understanding coming with it comes with his extensive business enterprise and problem solving relationship building and managing competing interests, ideally suit him for the task. i would also tell you he's a man of great character and a great mentor to two of his kids who had the good sense to go to a north carolina school. they are at duke university. i'm sorry you didn't have the grades to get into unc chapel hill but duke is a good plan b. mr. chair, thank you so much for holding this hearing. i could not think of a better person to take the post as ambassador to the eu, mr. gordon sondland. >> thank you, senator tillis. senator. >> thank you very much mr. chairman a

we welcome and encourage japanese investors to open new plants and factories in the united states and that will happen. the prime minister has told me that will happen. we want new auto plants going into michigan and pennsylvania and ohio. and many of our states that have them and some that don't and they'll be doing that. jap japan has also remained a critical partner in our efforts to promote a free and open pacific region where sovereign nations uphold the rule of law, respect the rights of their neighbors and honor the interests of their people. these core principles allow diverse nations to thrive and prosper altogether in one beautiful peaceful atmosphere. we're all happy about it. that is what is happening now. prime minister abe, it's a privilege to work with you. a great friend. thank you for being here at the white house for our meetings today. so productive. i'm very proud to say the bonds between our nations are stronger than ever before and i know that together we can unlock incredible opportunities, achieve remarkable new prosperity and ensure the safety and security of

now against the former position of the united states have said that they are not minding. staying in power now assad staying in power is a very important russian interest so we now support this russian interest and now america supports this russian interest so i'm sure we will be filled to respect this is not what i am i what i ask you about because for russia preserving syrian territorial integrity and sovereignty east paramount it's not just about who sits in damascus it's about keeping the country intact and i ask you specifically on the american plans not official plans but actively discussed plans to establish a quasi i protectorate a quasi american protectorate in that country. what is the process and cons for israel they are well i would say the only pro for israel is. syria which has no press. of hizbollah shiite militias and iran and not only that not allowing iran to build a major ballistic missile facilities because we cannot allow the iranians to build missiles in lebannon or in syria and give it to the hizbollah and they use it as proxies against us this is so

part of this is a difference in what the united states is saying and what the united states is doing. you know, what we're doing is denuclearization, which is to say we're putting improvements in the relationship first and we're not really insisting that north korea give any nuclear capabilities up. the problem is every time president trump is asked about this he says, no, no, no, kim will start very soon. for me, the big question is going to be who takes the next step. i think it's very unlikely that kim will do anything more than a few cosmetic steps toward disarmament. it will ultimately be up to the united states to continue the policy of finding things to give the north koreans to keep them on their best behavior. >> it sounds a lot like -- you said finding things to give the north koreans. i think everybody was stunned by the president -- it seemed like it was off the cuff and was not in the declaration. they didn't sign it to say they are stopping the war games. we don't quite know what does that mean. is it temporary? is it a full stop? is it the entire gamut of the military e

are you in full agreement with the united states? fted. —— these sanctions will not be lifted. japan is in full agreement, japan's position is perfectly in alignment with the united states, and in our summit meeting, this time, we had an in—depth discussion with president trump about how we should respond. to the north korea, and as for the future policy on north korea, inclusive of the us — north korea summit meeting, we have detailed coordination aligning our positions. japan and the unit is it's are always together. japan and the united states will be in full alignment to seek success for the historic us— north korea summit meeting in singapore. yes, thank you very much. maximum pressure is in effect. we don't use the term, because we are in friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation, we will use it again. you will know how well we do, if you hear ms saying, we are going to use maximum pressure, you know that the negotiation did not go well, rightly. there is no reason to say it. in the meantime, we have not removed any s

he talked about the attitude of the united states and whether or not as allies we are working together we just look at recent action the u.s. has taken, which has supported the united kingdom in terms of the number of russian diplomats that they expelled after the salisbury incident, in solidarity with us and others around the world took action. and of course, the americans recently took action in relation to extra sanctions on russians. is between weant are able to sit down and talk about these issues, to share the information we need to share, and be able to determine a way forward. on the steel and aluminum tariffs, i was very clear to president trump, clear to this house and elsewhere, these are unjustified. the european union will take countermeasures on this. what we want to ensure is that we are able to get a dialogue such that we don't simply see a continuous tit-for-tat escalation on these measures, because that is in the interests of nobody and we will be playing are part, as we have done already, in discussions with others around the european council table to ensure that you

he is the president of the united states. words do matter. they don't matter any more than wh they come out of the mouth of the president of the united states. especially when he's talking to the country's closest allies. >> and you think it will fray the relationships? you think america's closest allies, something will change geo politically because of this tension we're having? >> look at the response already. look at how trump has dragged everybody down to his level. you have macron and merkel responding to him on twitter. international statesmen are having conversations over twitter, trading barbs. this is not how world relationships are meant to be conducted. this is not good for any. diplomacy should be boring. it ought to be dull. it should be putting us to the sleep unless we are experts on the subject. but the fact that it is never a dull moment with the president of the united states is not a good thing. >> tony, you are able to get into his head because of all the time you spent writing his book,ing "the art of the deal." it is all

people, what they will do with, whether they bring regime change or not, doesn't matter to the united statesch is really dire. such as north korea, north korea needs the money. as someone said not long ago, it's the economy, stupid! thank you all very much. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week, same time, same place. goodbye. hello, good evening, the wettest weather today has been across more northern parts of the uk, big storms in scotland for example, slow—moving thundery downpours with warmth and sunshine we have triggered big towering cumulus like this. we still have slow moving thundery downpours mainly inland across scotland, around the coasts it is generally dry with sunshine to end the day, we seems more storms across northern ireland and this wetter weather in northern england is moving north towards the borders. leaving some showers behind towards lincolnshire and east anglia for a while, wales and east anglia for a while, wales and southern england generally ending the day fine and sunny. it has been a much drier day across wales, the west midlands and

and what is very interesting is this cynical had to do it over the united states i mean the spokeswoman for the state department. denied and caught in the minutia through more according to which the u.s. all opposed the pipeline in order to sell gas to europe well it's not a militia as the rule of the example but i believe through. the issue of the rule of that we've heard that bothered about iraq not even weapons of mass destruction before the american invasion or of. a russian drone is bob good been actually a research we're going to get to that story ok since you brought it up mark in that explain the resurrection of a russian journalist in ukraine who's russian yes ok i think i got that right ok so there's a journalist opposition activists are back janko he's a veteran of the church and war he tried on the russian side the russian side he tried to get out of military duty by claiming mental illness in fact he got. bribing a doctor to claim he was mentally ill he ended up not serving when his parents broke in there was commander's office and threatened to chain themselves to the radi